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Going On	By : Relevant_Peach Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Snape Views: 6814 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Severus’ knees protested wildly as he knelt down in front of the floo. Perhaps the Muggle telly-phones weren’t such a stupid invention. He cast a cushioning charm as Draco’s pointy face appeared in the fire. “Severus? What’s going on?”

“Is Harry alright?”

“I had assumed so, but you’re meant to be the more knowledgeable about that sort of thing. He’s not home?”

“He’s not there, then?”

“No, he’s not. Move. I’m coming through”

Settled at the table with tea, Severus explained the whole story to Draco. “Well that explains a lot.” he finally said. “Leave it to Harry to lose his magic in the most heroic, blindly Gryffindor way possible.”

“Indeed. We’ll have to figure out how to give it back to him when we find him”

“Mmm” Draco hummed noncommittally as he brushed crumbs from his fingers. “Harry always has the best biscuits. I think the bigger issue, Severus, is how you keep fucking up in exactly the same way”

“I don’t”

“I’d say you do. What’s your problem with his lack of magic?”

“You don’t understand.”

“Tell me” Draco’s smile was kind.

“You didn’t see it. By the time you and Harry were friends, he’d already lost his magic. But I’ve been charged with watching over him since he was eleven years old. Harry was one of the most talented Wizards I’ve ever seen. His magic was just as powerful as Albus’, but he wielded it so perfectly. To watch Harry cast a spell was the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. It’s a travesty that it’s been taken from him. It’s as big a sin as killing a unicorn. And to know that I’m the cause of it, just like I’ve been the cause of so many of his losses…it’s unconscionable, Draco.”

“You’re failing to see the bigger picture, Severus. I’ve been patient with your self-loathing routine for years, but this doesn’t just impact you. Was Harry an incredible Wizard? Certainly. But was his practice of magic so beautiful that you needed to die in order to preserve it? I don’t think so, and more importantly, it seems that Harry doesn’t think so either. He’s happy, Severus. Before you moved in, he was content. Now? His eyes are sparkling again. We have no idea what could happen if we tried to reverse this. You could die, Harry might not be able to house magic after being without for so long.” Draco regarded him with keen grey eyes. “This isn’t a Harry problem, Severus, despite your attempts to make it so. It’s a ‘you’ problem. You need to make a decision. Either you can see that Harry’s life, even without his magic, is a fucking gift to anyone who knows him, or you admit you can’t, and you stop making him feel like a failure because of it.”

“I’m not the only one missing the salient point here” Severus bit back, recognizing that Draco might have a point, but not particularly inclined to admit it. “Harry’s missing. I assumed he’d be going to you, but he’s been rejected by me and his Godson in one night. I’m worried”

Draco pulled his mobile from his pocket. Pressing a few buttons, he placed the receiver to his ear. “He’s not answering. I’m sure he’s fine. We’ll find him Severus” But Draco looked a little worried himself. A few tense floo conversations later, and his worry hadn’t lessened. “He’s not with Molly and Arthur, and he’s not at Ron and Hermione’s.” Inspiration struck. “I think I know where he’s gone” He crouched down in front to the floo and threw some floo powder in. “Charlie Weasley” he called.

Momentarily, Charlie Weasley’s face appeared in the flames. “Draco?”

“Hi Charlie. We’ve a missing hero. I don’t suppose you’ve seen him?”

He grinned easily. “Of course I have. He’s here.” His face, while a little scarred, and very freckled from the amount of time he spent outside, was handsome, Severus noted sourly.

“Is he alright?”

“He will be. I have my ways of helping him find perspective when his feelings are bruised.” Was Severus imagining things, or did that sound provocative?

“Will you keep him tonight?”

“Try and stop me”

“Behave yourself, Weasley” Draco answered. He closed the connection, and turned back to Severus. “So now you have your answer. He’s fine”

“I didn’t realize that he and Charles were close” Severus said.

Draco nodded. He and Charlie had a…fling of some sort after the War. It was good for Harry, gave him back a little of his confidence.”

Severus could barely breathe. Jealousy, hot and sour, pooled in his belly. “How nice for him”

Draco laughed. “Calm down, loverboy. It’s not like that anymore. Charlie was good for Harry. He helped him find his way forward without magic. But they both realized that they’re better friends than lovers.”

“And the moment things get trying in his life, he runs straight back into his arms. Isn’t that sweet” Severus said flatly.

“Don’t be such a git. Besides, I thought you didn’t want him”

“I didn’t say that.”

“Well, you need to make up your mind, I suppose. At any rate, don’t panic about this. Harry’s safe, and his virtue will remain so until morning, I’m sure. You should use this time away from him to decide what you want, and whether you can accept him without his magic. Because I warn you, Severus, if you try to force him to take it back, you’ll lose him.”

Severus didn’t sleep at all that night, his thoughts haunted by the thought of Harry seeking solace in the arms of the younger, handsome Weasley. He imagined Charlie taking Harry apart, his mouth on his skin, his hands grasping tightly. He thought about Draco’s words. His Godson was right, he realized. Forcing Harry to take his magic back would destroy whatever tentative relationship they’d begun to develop. More importantly, it would destroy the hard-won self-esteem that Harry had developed as he learned to cope with his changed circumstances. It occurred to Severus that he was no different than most of the Wizarding World, trying to force Harry into being the ideal they’d created for him, rather than accepting him for who he was.

Severus had never imagined spending his life with someone non-magical. He’d spent his childhood with a toe in both the Muggle and Magical worlds, and when he’d graduated, his choice had seemed clear. He was too self-aware to fantasize about finding someone to spend his life with, but, as a purely academic consideration, the faceless partner had always been a Wizard, someone equally powerful as him. Could he adjust his imaginings to include a partner who would never cast a spell as thoughtlessly as he did?

Emotions roiling, Severus descended the stairs to make a cup of tea, only to find a note on the kitchen table, penned in a childish hand:

Uncle Harry

I haven’t been nice to you lately. I think there’s something wrong with me. I am going where I won’t treat you bad anymore. Don’t come after me.

Teddy

His stomach dropping, Severus rushed to the floo. Throwing the powder into the flames, he shouted “Charlie Weasley”, hearing how shaky his voice sounded.

He felt like he waited an eternity before the tousled red head appeared in the flames. “Hullo Professor” Charlie greeted easily.

“Charles. Is Harry there?”

“Yes, he’s sleeping”

“Wake him please. It’s Teddy”

Moments later, Harry appeared beside Charlie, his eyes still sleepy. “Severus? What’s wrong”

“Harry, I don’t know how to tell you this. It seems that Teddy has run away. He’s left a note. I’m so sorry”

“I’m coming through. Charlie, help me” Severus stood back, and flames flared, through which Harry, held firmly by his arm by Charlie stumbled through. “Where’s the note?”

Severus handed it to him. “I didn’t hear him leave. I didn’t sleep at all, I don’t know how he managed to leave so quietly.”

“Oh, Ted.” Harry sighed. “I’m failing him. All my life I felt like the adults in my life weren’t protecting me, and isn’t it frustrating to realize that I’m doing the same damned thing? Okay, let’s start calling. Charlie, can you check with your Mum and Dad? Severus, can you try Draco? I’m going to check with Ron and Hermione. If nothing else, that will get the Aurors involved.”
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